Colorado Springs unveils a tourism proposal full of striking numbers and nagging questions
“Colorado Springs submitted its ambitious $218.6 million tourism tax proposal to the state Monday, shedding more light on Mayor Steve Bach’s plan to build a baseball stadium and an Olympic museum downtown; a wellness center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; and a new Air Force Academy visitors center.
As it happens, the Springs’ 80-page application was the only one received by deadline, according to the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. But that doesn’t guarantee the city will win funding through the Regional Tourism Act, according to Jeff Kraft, OEDIT director of business funding and incentives.
“It still has to meet the statutory criteria,” says Kraft.”
Zubeck, Pam. Independent 10 July 2013.